It is important that research has impact – through making material difference to the world of practice, or our understanding of it. The process of identifying a research question – a need to change or understanding something – is often based on the expectation of impact.
In healthcare, the utlimate aim is to provide benefit to patient outcomes or experience, and educational research can aim to achieve such benefits, even if indirectly. There are in fact a number of ways in which ClinEdR can achieve impact.